Bakkafrost reports strong Q2 harvest
FOLLOWING a difficult start to the year Bakkafrost, the Faroese and now Scottish salmon farming business, is forecasting a strong recovery in the second quarter (March to June) of 2019. […] Continue Reading
Bakkafrost orders new wellboat
BAKKAFROST has ordered a new carbon friendly wellboat with a capacity to hold 1,000 tonnes of salmon. The Faroe Islands fish farmer says the investment is part of the company’s […] Continue Reading
Bakkafrost reports Q1 loss despite SSC earnings boost
THE Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) helped Bakkafrost, its new owner, deliver a first quarter EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) of 248.1 million Danish kroner (£29-million) during the first three […] Continue Reading
Bakkafrost saves unique salmon strain from extinction
BAKKAFROST has revealed it is working to save a strain of North Atlantic salmon unique to the Faroe Islands that was in danger of becoming extinct, in a move that […] Continue Reading
Bakkafrost Q1 harvest down by almost quarter
BAKKAFROST has announced that its first quarter harvest volumes from its Faroe Islands salmon operations will be down almost a quarter this year. The figure (head on, gutted) is set at 10,700 tonnes, compared […] Continue Reading
Norwegian farmers taking salmon price hit
NORWEGIAN fish farmers are facing a marked decline in the price of fresh salmon this week for the first time since the Covid-19 crisis hit more than six weeks ago. Figures from Statistics […] Continue Reading
Bakkafrost to invest £160 million in SSC
BAKKAFROST is planning to invest more than £160 million in its new acquisition, the Scottish Salmon Company, over the next four years, the Faroese fish farmer has revealed. The company […] Continue Reading
Storms cost Bakkafrost a million salmon
RECENT storms around the Faroe Islands are expected to cut Bakkafrost’s harvest expectations this year by up to 10 per cent, the company revealed today. The unexpectedly severe weather hit the North […] Continue Reading
Scottish Salmon Company hires former Mowi boss
FORMER Mowi Scotland chief Alan Sutherland has been appointed as marine director of the Scottish Salmon Company. Sutherland was managing director at what was then Marine Harvest for nine years […] Continue Reading